Chan Kataria has been appointed to the board of the Regulator of Social Housing.

Kataria, who announced earlier this week he is retiring from his role as chief executive of 22,000-home EMH Group, will join RSH by the beginning of December.

Kataria, who has led Leicestershire-based EMH for 21 years, is also on the board of the Chartered Institute of Housing and is a member of the Confederation of British Industry’s midland board. He received an OBE in 2017 for services to housing,